diff --git a/cmd/dwelling-upload-clean/main.go b/cmd/dwelling-upload-clean/main.go
index ad0f89f..8dfee00 100644
--- a/cmd/dwelling-upload-clean/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dwelling-upload-clean/main.go
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	uploadDir *string        = flag.String("dir", "/srv/upload", "path to a directory where uploaded files are stored")
-	expiry    *time.Duration = flag.Duration("expiry", 36*time.Hour, "keep files for this much hours")
+	uploadDir = flag.String("dir", "/srv/upload", "path to a directory where uploaded files are stored")
+	expiry    = flag.Duration("expiry", 36*time.Hour, "keep files for this much hours")
 
-	showVersion *bool = flag.Bool("v", false, "show version")
+	showVersion = flag.Bool("v", false, "show version")
 )
 
 var version string
diff --git a/cmd/dwelling-upload/main.go b/cmd/dwelling-upload/main.go
index 0dd8acc..e827545 100644
--- a/cmd/dwelling-upload/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dwelling-upload/main.go
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	listenAddress *string = flag.String("listen", "/var/run/dwelling-upload/sock", "listen address (ip:port|unix_path)")
-	uploadDir     *string = flag.String("dir", "/srv/upload", "directory where uploaded files are stored")
-	expiry        *int    = flag.Int("expiry", 36, "keep files for this much hours")
-	storageSize   *int64  = flag.Int64("storage", 102400, "storage size in MiB for uploads")
-	fileSize      *int64  = flag.Int64("file", 128, "max. size in MiB for files")
+	listenAddress = flag.String("listen", "/var/run/dwelling-upload/sock", "listen address (ip:port|unix_path)")
+	uploadDir     = flag.String("dir", "/srv/upload", "directory where uploaded files are stored")
+	expiry        = flag.Int("expiry", 36, "keep files for this much hours")
+	storageSize   = flag.Int64("storage", 102400, "storage size in MiB for uploads")
+	fileSize      = flag.Int64("file", 128, "max. size in MiB for files")
 
 	showVersion *bool = flag.Bool("v", false, "show version")
 )